BAKER CITY — Cam Bertrand wasn’t really the class clown growing up, but he sure did love comedy.

“I always just loved stand-up. I didn’t want the attention, but wanted the job of stand-up,” he said. “I stayed up way later than I should have watching Comedy Central.”

Bertrand grew up in Tampa, Florida. As his high school graduation neared, his parents asked him about his plans.

His first option was to play basketball.

His second was to be a stand-up comedian.

“My dad was like ‘what’s the third option?’” Bertrand said with a laugh.

He didn’t need a third option — his first show was in October 2013 and he’s been touring ever since.

“I just want to get on stage and tell jokes,” he said.

And he’ll do just that on Friday, March 22, when he performs in Oregon for the first time at Churchill School in Baker City.

Doors open at 6 p.m. Tickets are $18 in advance at eventbrite.com or $25 at the door.

Food and beverages will be available to purchase.

Since pursuing stand up comedy full-time, Bertrand has been a contributing writer on two seasons of MTV’s show “Wild ‘N’ Out,” taped a half hour special for Dry Bar Comedy that garnered 130 million views, and competed on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent.”

Now based in Austin, Texas, he travels the country to perform as much as possible — he’ll only be home for six days in the next two months.

“I get in the car and go,” he said.

He’s always writing jokes and pulls from his own life experiences. And when those don’t relate anymore, he writes some more.

“I tell jokes for as long as I’m having fun with them,” he said.

He finds material everywhere.

“Anything that happens, I write it down. It can be about anything,” he said.

Even his family.

“They are every day in fear of me releasing family secrets,” he said.

As for his shows, he can adjust his jokes to the audience based on age, as well as how people respond to his jokes.

His stop in Baker City is in the middle of his current tour, which includes shows in Boise, Texas and Oklahoma.

Clips of his shows can be found online, but he’ll be performing new material in Baker City.

“I’m looking forward to it,” he said.